This is more about lore, but since is knowledge that impacts character writing, i’ve been wondering about this.
Blood Elf Monks, their starting zone is time locked in Burning Crusade, yet, there is a Pandaren trainer there, Unlike the Pandaren Trainer for the Draenei, that have been retrofitted into the starting area, there is not a dialogue that specifies how a Pandaren ended up in the blood elf starting area, is there any info on that?
The other one, is about the Huojin and Tushui teachings, since it seems that generally, Horde monks learn huojin while alliance ones learn tushui (but they seem more like personal views than fighting styles), so I was thinking that a void elf monk being a former blood elf would be trained by huojin masters unlike the rest of the alliance monks, that is of course if said void elf was a monk prior to the transformation to void elf.
I have a void elf monk, and i’ve been thinking on his backstory, and those points will affect how i write him.
The simple answer is Pandarens have always had a propensity for travel. A pandaren just got into Silvermoon and started walking around.
This is a great concept! Interestingly enough, Houjin and Tushui are schools from the Wandering Isle, not mainland Pandaria. So, they would have to train in Orgrimmar (or go to the Wandering Isle, rather than mainland Pandaria.)
I like the idea because Houjin are kinda the “act fast, do what it takes” monks. Which definitely fits in with the concept of a Void Elf. “This dark magic is risky, but it’s power could give us what we need!”
I RP that my void elf monk learned the ways of the monasteries to use their techniques concerning inner peace to help her combat the madness incurred by the Void. Meditation, zen, etc.
By most appearances Tushui and Houjin are indeed just philosophies, having nothing specifically to do with fighting.
The idea of a Void Elf Monk having a Houjin aligned trainer works very well, especially with the default lore of the race.
As a brief reminder there are other sources for this kind of education to be obtained; the aforementioned monasteries of Pandaria (especially Tian), the Peak of Serenity (perhaps in addition to the original idea), or even an unaffiliated wandering monk (as canonically there have been a few Pandaren like that even before MoP)
In regards to the trainer on Sunstrider Isle. I think there were some subtle changes, either to the introduction video the first quest or both, that somewhat updates the situation in the Belf and Draenei starts; which one could say somewhat justifies the retroactive implementation of those trainers (in addition to Mojo claiming he coincidentally always was there, if memory serves.) Of course seeing as one still plays through all the same quests and events as ever that’s hardly much of a justification at all if what I’ve said is even correct. As mentioned before the easier answer is that Pao is simply a wanderer that ended up there at some point; deciding to help the locals. Overall I’d say it hardly matters in this case.